NEWS: 1950

It's clear and 35 degrees F in Baltimore as 1950 begins. The wind is calm.

95 percent of American households have at least one radio.

The U.S. Social Security payroll tax is increased by half, as the amount deducted is given an automatic increase from 1% to 1.5%, the first increase since the payroll deductions had started in 1935.

The International Police Association (IPA), largest police organization in the world, is formed. One of the few organizations with a slogan in Esperanto, the IPA's motto is Servo per Amikeco (Service through Friendship). (It claims 380,000 members in 63 nations.)

The 1950 Soccer Bowl, an American postseason college soccer championship, ends in a 2-2 draw between Penn State and the University of San Francisco.

In 1954 it is decided that starting from January 1, 1950, radiocarbon dating could not be relied upon due to atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons resulting in a change of the carbon level from Carbon-14 to Carbon-12. Calibration curves are first established for 1950, and so any time before January 1, 1950, is referred to as BP, or Before Present. Any radiocarbon dating after this may not be accurately reliable.

Before the 1950s (and since the 1800s), the three words "today, tonight, tomorrow" are hyphenated as "to-day, to-night, to-morrow." By the end of the 1950s, nearly all publications no longer hyphenate these words. Before the 1800s, the words are written separately: "to day" "to night" "to morrow."

By 1950, all major audio recording studios are using magnetic tape recorders. They provide lifelike, high-fidelity sound of recorded music and other audio. Prevously, performers recorded directly onto phonograph-record master discs or onto movie film, but these tended to have inferior audio quality when compared to magnetic tapes.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then increasing cloudiness with light rain; High temp. 43 degrees F, low temp. 35 degrees F; Precip.: Trace.

The post-season college football bowl games are played on the day after New Year's Day (since January 1st is a Sunday in 1950). In the Rose Bowl, previously unbeaten (10-0-0) #3 California is upset by #6 Ohio State 17-14 before a crowd of 100,963. Unbeaten (10-0-0) #2 Oklahoma wins 35-0 over #9 LSU in the Sugar Bowl. The other two unbeaten college teams of 1949, #1 Notre Dame and #4 Army, did not play in a bowl game. The final AP and UPI polls had already been taken prior to the bowl games, with Notre Dame being the unofficial national champion.

The government of Argentina immediately shuts down the Communist newspaper La Hora the same day that the paper appears without the slogan "the year of the Liberator, General San Martín" on its masthead or at the top of every page, as all the other Argentine dailies were doing in compliance with a declaration by President Juan Perón that 1950 is San Martín Year. (The paper would resume publication in 1958.)

David Shifrin, a classical clarinetist and artistic director, is born in Queens, New York, NY.

Emil Jannings (Theodor Emil Janenz) dies at age 65 in Stroble, Allied-occupied Austria. He was a movie star, winner of the first (1929) Academy Award for Best Actor (in the films The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command), and later the star of German propaganda films. He was born on July 23, 1884 in Rorschach, Switzerland.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 52 degrees F, low temp. 40 degrees F; Precip.: 0.12 inch.

Victoria Principal is born Vicki Ree Principal in Fukuoka, Japan, of American parents. She's an actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the primetime TV soap opera series Dallas. She spent nine years on the long-running series, leaving in 1987. Afterwards, she began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions, focusing mostly on television films. In the mid-1980s, she became interested in natural beauty therapies, and in 1989, she created a self-named line of skincare products, Principal Secret. Principal became a best-selling author, writing three books about beauty, skincare, fitness, well-being, and health: The Body Principal (1983), The Beauty Principal (1984), and The Diet Principal (1987). In the 2000s, she wrote a fourth book, Living Principal (2001). She is also a two-time Golden Globe Award nominee.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy; rain showers in the afternoon; breezy/windy from late morning onward (24 mph just before midnight); High temp. 60 degrees F, low temp. 44 degrees F; Precip.: 0.07 inch.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 70 degrees F, the highest temperature recorded in Baltimore on any January 4th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy; breezy/windy until mid-evening (28 mph at 5:00 pm); High temp. 70 degrees F, low temp. 61 degrees F; Precip.: None.

The high temperature in Baltimore of 72 degrees F is the record-highest temperature in Baltimore ever for any January 6th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy with light rain and fog, then partly cloudy; windy from late morning onward (36 mph at noon); High temp. 72 degrees F, low temp. 54 degrees F; Precip.: Trace.

The high temperature in Baltimore of 70 degrees F is the record-highest temperature in Baltimore ever for any January 10th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Light rain in the morning; breezy/windy in the afternoon and evenng (24 mph at 8:00 pm); High temp. 70 degrees F, low temp. 52 degrees F; Precip.: 0.04 inch.

The CBS television network gives the first public demonstration of color television. One hour of color TV programming each day, starting on this day, could be viewed on eight 16-inch color television receivers in a public building in Washington, D.C. This initial demonstration runs Mondays through Saturdays for the rest of January. The color broadcasts are resumed on February 13 and run through February 21, with several evening color programs added.

Baltimore weather: Rain in the afternoon and evening  with a trace of snow; High temp. 37° F, Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: 0.33 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

The Knesset, legislative body of Israel, approves a resolution that affirms Jerusalem as capital of Israel.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy; High temp. 58° F, Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: None.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 79 degrees F, the highest-ever temperature in Baltimore on any January 26th s(up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Light rain in the morning; breezy from mid-morning to evening (20 mph wind at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm); High temp. 79° F, Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 42° F, Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: 0.59 inch.

Total precipitation for Baltimore during January 1950 is 2.13 inches (liquid), including melted ice and snow, below the normal of 3.08 inches.  The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during January 1950 is 55.3 degrees F, well above the normal of 43.2 degrees.  The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during January 1950 is 38.5 degrees F, well above the normal of 25.4 degrees.  A total of 0.5 of an inch of snow falls in Baltimore during January 1950, well below the normal of 6.4 inches.

Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: 0.89 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.37 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 0.06 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 21° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 53° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 0.75 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 0.21 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: 0.68 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 0.90 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: 0.08 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 17° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 34° F; Low temp. 17° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: 0.09 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch.

Baltimore weather: Liht rain; High temp. 54° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: Trace.

The 90-minute live variety show "Your Show of Shows" debuts on the NBC TV network. It stars Sid Caesar, Imogene COca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris. Also appearing on the show are Bill Hayes, Jack Russell, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio, and Marguerite Piazza.  Jose Ferrer makes several guest appearances on later episodes. The show lasts until June 5, 1954.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 37° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 30° F; Low temp. 21° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 19° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Light rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 19° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Total precipitation for Baltimore during February 1950 is 4.12 inches (liquid), including melted ice and snow.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for February 1950 is 4.12 inches, including melted snow and ice, above the normal amount of 2.90 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during February 1950 is 43.7 degrees F, below the normal of 46.4 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during February 1950 is 31.2 degrees F, above the normal of 26.9 degrees. A trace of snow falls in Baltimore during February 1950, well below the normal amount of 7.5 inches.

Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No wnow on the ground.

Karen Carpenter is born in New Haven, Connecticut. She would become famous as a singer with her brother Richard Carpenter in Carpenters singing duo in the 1970s. She died on February 4, 1983, at age 32 in Downey, California.

Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 17° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 15° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 20° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 0.10 inch (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.48 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: 0.10 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 0.24 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 45° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Snow (0.2"); High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precip.: Trace.

William Hurt is born William McChord Hurt in Washington, D.C. He became a movie and stage actor. He appeared in the 1980 film Altered States and in the 1981 film Body Heat, and also in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987).  His later career films roles include turns in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), The Village (2004), A History of Violence (2005), Syriana (2005), The Good Shepherd (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), Into the Wild (2007), Robin Hood (2010), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, in which he portrayed Thaddeus Ross. He was also a stage actor, appearing in several off-Broadway productions. He died at age 71 on March 13, 2022 in Portland, Oregon.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 49° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: 0.36 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: 0.47 inch.

1.45 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any March 22nd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 1.45 inches.

Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: 0.37 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: 0.04 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: 0.19 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.40 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for March 1950 is 4.30 inches, including melted snow and ice, above the normal amount of 4.01 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during March 1950 is 49.7 degrees F, below the normal of 54.8 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during March 1950 is 32.5 degrees F, below the normal of 33.9 degrees. A total of 0.2 of an inch of snow falls in Baltimore during March 1950, below the normal amount of 2.8 inches.

This is Census Day in the United States. The population of the United States is 151,325,798 -- an increase of 14.50 percent since 1940. The population of Maryland is 2,343,001 -- an increase of 28.65 percent since 1940. The population of Baltimore (city) is 949,708 -- an increase of 10.5 percent since 1940. (Baltimore is believed to have reached its peak of population in 1951 or 1952.) The population of Baltimore County is 270,273 -- an increase of 73.4 percent since 1940. The population of Catonsville is estimated to be 26,000 which is about a 73 percent increase since 1940.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.03 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 53° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 41° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 24 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any April 14th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precip.: None.

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 31 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any April 15th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 47° F; Precip.: 0.28 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: 0.48 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: 0.04 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: 0.03 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: 0.27 inch.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for April 1950 is 1.37 inches, well below the normal amount of 3.39 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during April 1950 is 61.1 degrees F, well below the normal of 66.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during April 1950 is 42.6 degrees F, below the normal of 43.6 degrees. A trace of snow falls in Baltimore during April 1950; April snowfall is rare in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: 0.27 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: 0.14 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: 0.45 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: 0.12 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: 0.20 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: 0.12 inch.

Alyssa Elaine Halstead is born in Wooddale, PA.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: None.

Johnny Hopp of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits two home runs and four singles in six at-bats in the Pirates' 16-9 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 71° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: 1.08 inches.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.50 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: 0.94 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 47° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.62 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: 0.03 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.35 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: 0.04 inch.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for May 1950 is 5.00 inches, above the normal amount of 3.85 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during May 1950 is 70.7 degrees F, below the normal of 75.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during May 1950 is 55.2 degrees F, above the normal of 53.3 degrees.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Leonora Piper dies at age 92. She attained international fame as a medium who could communicate with the dead through séance rituals. She announced her retirement on October 20, 1901, but people continued to approach her and she would conduct séances for most of her remaining years. She was born on June 27, 1857.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: 0.63 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None.

The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Browns 29-2 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, setting some single-game Major League records including most runs scored, most extra-base hits (17, including 9 doubles, one triple and 7 home runs), most total bases (60), and most extra bases on extra-base hits (32). They also set a record for most base hits over two games (51, including 28 in this game). Bobby Doerr, Walt Dropo and Ted Williams combine for seven home runs and 20 runs batted in.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 87° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 91° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm; High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: 0.60 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm with heavy rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 1.06 inches.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: None.

In the second game of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in the first inning, an American League record, against the Philadelphia Athletics and defeat them, 21-2.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: 0.18 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: 0.71 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: None.

Hoot Evers' wining home run in the 9th inning gives the Detroit Tigers a 10-9 victory over the New York Yankees as the teams combine for 11 home runs, a new major-league record. The Yankees hit six home runs and the Tigers hit five.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 87° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None.

Friendship International Airport is dedicated by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. Truman arrives in the then official presidential plane Independence from nearby Washington National Airport carrying the Governor of Maryland, William Preston Lane Jr., as well as Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. on his first aircraft flight. The airport is located south of Baltimore in Anne Arundel County near Linthicum. (This airport changed its name to Baltimore-Washington International Airport on November 16, 1973. The airport has been known as Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport since October 1, 2005. During construction of the airport, the small religious community of Friendship, including Friendship Methodist Church, was demolished after residents and the church were paid to relocate. The church held its last service on the airport site on Easter Sunday 1948. About 300 bodies buried in three cemeteries at Friendship were exhumed and moved to other cemeteries. See July 23, 1950.)

Wes Westrum of the New York Giants baseball team hits three home runs and a triple in the Giants' 12-2 win against the Cincinnati Reds.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm; High temp. 94° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: 0.31 inch.

The Chicago Cubs' Hank Sauer hits two home runs and two doubles as the Cubs defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-8.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 76° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 93° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: None.

North Korean forces capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.31 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for June 1950 is 3.81 inches, below the normal amount of 3.98 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during June 1950 is 82.3 degrees F, below the normal of 84.4 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during June 1950 is 65.2 degrees F, above the normal of 62.6 degrees.

Two companies of the U.S. Army First Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division depart from the U.S. base in Japan at Kyushu under the name "Task Force Smith", designated because of its 34-year-old commander, Lt. Col. Charles "Brad" Smith. After leaving at 3:00 am, the task force arrives near Pusan at 11:00 am, becoming the first set of American ground troops to be deployed in the Korean War.

The 8055th M.A.S.H. becomes the first Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to be activated in South Korea. On July 6, its physicians, nurses and support staff would be sent from Sasebo to Pusan, initially to be set up at Taejon. It is followed by the 8063rd M.A.S.H. (often referenced in the television show M*A*S*H), which is activated July 17 and sent on July 18 to Pohang to support the U.S. 1st Cavalry, and the 8076th M.A.S.H. (activated July 19, and sent to Taejon on July 25).

Twenty-three American soldiers become the first to die in the Korean War when their C-54 transport plane crashes into a 2000 foot high hill, forty miles northwest of Pusan, upon arrival from Japan.

Eleven men are killed and 26 injured when a gas leak at the iron works in Consett, England, fells them while they were working at a loading dock.

ARAADCOM, the ARmy AntiAircraft COMmand, begins operations to coordinate U.S. Army defenses against a foreign bomber attack. The unit would be deactivated on January 4, 1975.

The city of Gainesville, Florida renames all of its main streets using a system of numbers and directions.

"Unto These Hills," which bills itself as "America's most popular outdoor drama," is given its first performance. It continues to be seen on Saturday evenings during the summer at Cherokee, North Carolina.

David Duke is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He becomes a politician and Ku Klux Klan leader.

As of this date, official Baltimore weather observations are being taken at Friendship International Airport (later renamed BWI Airport), about 11 miles south of the previous site where Baltimore weather obervations were taken: Customs House in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather: Clear, High temperature 86 degrees F, Low temperature 71 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

The Battle of Chumonchin Chan, the first and only naval battle of the Korean War, takes place when HMS Jamaica, USS Juneau and HMS Black Swan fight the North Korean Navy and sink three torpedo boats and two gunboats off of the east coast of South Korea, near Jumunjin.

The John Bunyan novel Pilgrim's Progress, first published in 1678, is named the most boring classic book in a survey of literary critics by the Columbia University Press. Rounding out the list are Moby Dick, Paradise Lost (by John Milton), The Faerie Queene, Life of Samuel Johnson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, Silas Marner, Ivanhoe, Don Quixote, and Faust.

^{General Manuel A. Odria is elected President of Peru. He's the only candidate on the ballot.}

^{Baltimore weather: Clear to partly cloudy, High temperature 90 degrees F, Low temperature 69 degrees F.  Precip.: None.}

The first U.S. Navy jet attack in the Korean War takes place when a Grumman F9F Panther takes off from the USS Valley Forge to attack North Korean troops. Ensign Eldon W. Brown, Jr., makes the first kill, downing a Yak-9 fighter near Pyongyang, before returning to the Valley Forge.

The Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act ss signed into law by U.S. President Truman, giving Puerto Rico the authority to establish its own government to administer "matters of purely local concern."

New Zealand dispatches its first troops to the Korean War, as the ships HMNZS Pukaki and HMNZS Tutira depart to aid the UN war effort.

An express train crashes into an excursion bus near Bourg-en-Bresse in France, killing 23 people on the bus.

In a cablegram sent from North Korea's Foreign Minister, Pak Hen Nen, to United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, North Korea announces that it has no intention of agreeing to the UN Security Council resolution 82, calling for an end to hostilities and withdrawal of troops.

The Hazel Scott Show makes its debut on the DuMont Television Network, becoming the first television program to be hosted by an African-American woman. Singer Hazel Scott appears live on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7:45 pm to 8:00 pm Eastern Time on DuMont stations.

The CBS Radio Network show Granby's Green Acres, created by Jay Summers, makes its debut as a summer replacement series starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet as John and Martha Granby, two big city residents who became farmers. Though the radio show runs only eight episodes, it is adapted to television 15 years later as Green Acres.

Baltimore weather: Clear, to partly cloudy, light rain; High temperature 88 degrees F, Low temperature 73 degrees F. Precip.: Trace.

U.S. President Harry Truman signs Public Law 600, which enables the people of Puerto Rico to organize a local government pursuant to a constitution of their own, comparable to those of states and other territories of the United States.

French Premier Henri Queuille, in office for three days, resigns after a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly, by a margin of 336–221.

Radio Free Europe makes its first broadcasts. It ransmits 30 minutes of American programming to Czechoslovakia from a 7,500 watt short wave transmitter located at Lampertheim in West Germany.

A baseball fan at New York's Polo Grounds is killed by a sniper as he sits in the stands along with 40,000 other people at a doubleheader between the Giants and the Dodgers. Bernard Doyle, 54, was struck in the eye while sitting in the second deck in deep left field. New York Police conclude that the bullet had been fired from one of the apartment buildings half a mile away from the ballpark.

Sid Gordon of the Boston Braves hits his fourth grand slam of this season, tying the major-league record for most grand slams in a season (up to this point). He hits it against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Baltimore weather: Clear to partly cloudy, breezy, light rain shower; High temperature 88 degrees F, Low temperature 71 degrees F.  Precip.: Trace.

At 8:16 a.m., U.S. Marines and North Korean troops engage in combat for the first time, at the Battle of Osan, 20 miles south of Seoul. Task Force Smith, with 406 U.S. Army troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Smith, is far outnumbered when it encounters a column of 33 North Korean T-34 tanks and a large infantry force of 4,000. Four of the T-34 tanks are destroyed and three damaged, while 20 U.S. Marines become the first Americans to die in the Korean War.  The Americans sustain 120 deaths and 36 more were taken prisoner. Officially, Kenneth R. Shadrick, an 18-year-old native of Harlan, Kentucjy, is the first American serviceman to be killed in action in the Korean War.

The Law of Return (Hok Hashvut) is passed unanimously by the Knesset, the Parliament of Israel, providing that "An immigrant's visa shall be granted to every Jew who has expressed his desire to settle in Israel", with exceptions. One author comments that "Israel is the only country in the world which confers citizenship on an immigrant automatically at the moment he steps off the boat or plane."

The first "Flying Pigeon," a bicycle devised by Huo Baoji at a former artillery plant at Tianjin, is presented to officials of the Chinese Communist Party. Approved as the "People's Bicycle," millions of the bikes will be produced and will serve as the personal vehicle for citizens of the People's Republic of China. Huo Baoji bases his bicycle model on the 1932 English Raleigh Roadster.

Sopi and Gugu tribesmen clash in Ethiopia, killing 18 people. The two tribes agree to a peace treaty two days later.

^{Prime Minister of Belgium Jean Duvieusart narrowly survives a vote of confidence in the Belgian Senate, winning 90–83. Duvieusart is a supporter of exiled King Leopold III, and the vote is seen as a narrow approval of Leopold's return.}

^{The Australian Department of Defence orders the drafting of 14,000 men into its armed forces in order to fight in Korea.}

^{Huey Lewis is born Hugh Anthony Clegg III in New York, NY. He becomes a musician and frontman of Huey Lewis and the News.}

^{Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then a late-afternoon thunderstorm. High temperature 86 degrees F, Low temperature 71 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.76 inch.}

U.S. and North Korean forces clash for the second time at the Battle of Pyongtaek. The engagement results in a North Korean victory as the Americans are unable to stop their advance south.

The Goerlitz Agreement (also called the Zgorzelec Agreement), marking the separation of the two cities of Gorlitz in East Germany and Zgorzelec in Poland, is signed at Warsaw, Poland. It sets the border between the two nations as the Oder (Odra) River and the Niesse (Nysa) River. The border would be confirmed on November 14, 1990 in a treaty signed between a reunified Germany and Poland on the reunification of Germany by the "Two plus Four Treaty" on September 12, 1990.

David Greenglass becomes the second American atomic worker to be indicted for espionage.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then light rain, especially in the afternoon and evening, High temperature 77 degrees F, Low temperature 67 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.05 inch.

U.S. and North Korean forces engaged for the third time in the Battle of Chonan. The fight ended in a North Korean victory after intense fighting around the town throughout the night and into the morning.

The U.S. Department of Defense implemented the newly renewed draft law "to build up to full operating strength the units of the Army, Navy and Air Force to be used in the Korean operation.

Without a Soviet Union representative appearing to cast a veto against it, United Nations Security Council Resolution 84, authorizes a multinational United Nations force, under U.S. command, to fight against North Korea. The Resolution notes that the Council "Recommends that all Members of the United Nations make such forces and other assistance available^." Ultimately, 20 nations would send troops and 25 others would provide some form of aid. At a secret meeting in the White House earlier in the day, U.S. President Truman declines a suggestion from CIA Director Roscoe Hillenkoetter that the UN be asked to approve use of the atomic bomb in the war.

The movie Where the Sidewalk Ends, starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney, has its world premiere in Los Angeles, California.

Guy Gilpatric dies at age 54 in Santa Barbara, California. (A few sources say he dies on July 8, 1950.) He was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, pilot, and flight instructor. He was best-known for his "Mr. Glencannon" stories. He wrote the story for the 1943 movie "Action in the North Atlantic" (also known as "Heroes Without Uniforms"). He died by suicide, shooting himself after he shot and killed his wife, Maude, after learning she had been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. He and his wife had made a suicide pact and they left notes for friends and family, saying they chose "mercy bullets" over "magic bullets." While not proved, it is widely believed that Maude's doctor read the wrong medical chart and that Maude did not have cancer. Guy was born John Guy Gilpatric on January 21, 1896, in New York, NY.

Fats Navarro dies at age 26 in New York, NY. He was a well-known jazz trumpet player who played with many of the most popular jazz bands. He was born Theodore Navarro on September 24, 1923, in Key West, Florida.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, High temperature 84 degrees F, Low temperature 65 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

Nearly five years after Japan's armed forces surrender to the United States, General Douglas MacArthur gives approval for the creation of a National Reserve Force (Keisatsu Yobitai) of 75,000 soldiers to replace the former Japanese Army. In 1952, the force would be reorganized and in 1954 would become the Japan Self-Defense Forces (Jieitai) to include a navy and air force.

G. Mennen Williams, the Governor of Michigan, is attacked and briefly taken hostage by inmates at the Marquette Branch Prison while making a personal visit to investigate complaints about the conditions. One of his attackers is shot dead.

U.S. President Harry Truman names General Douglas MacArthur as commanding general of the United Nations forces in Korea.

U.S. Army Sergeant Roy Deans is awarded the first Purple Heart medal of the Korean War, after having an eye injury during the June 28 destruction of the Han River bridge.

Results from the 1950 U.S. population census show that New York City has 7,841,610 people. Of the world's cities, only London, England, has a larger population, with 8,390,941 people.

Helen Holmes dies at age 58 in Burbank, California. She was an American silent-film actress, producer, director, screenwriter, and stuntwoman.  She starred in 119 episodes of the serial The Hazards of Helen from 1914 to 1917, as well as in other films. She was born in June 19, 1892, in Chicago, Illinois.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temperature 84 degrees F, Low temperature 66 degrees F.  Precip.: None.

The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff  receive a message from General Douglas MacArthur asking for consideration of making atomic bombs available for use in the Korean War. General Charles Bolte, the JCS Chief of Operations, advises the Joint Chiefs that as many as 20 of the 250 American A-bombs could be spared for what MacArthur describes as "a unique use of the atomic bomb" to destroy tunnels and bridges leading into North Korea from China. The JCS tables the motion, as well as MacArthur's request for additional U.S. troops, until "two of their number" could visit Korea personally.  U.S. Army General J. Lawton Collins and U.S. Air Force General Hoyt S. Vandenberg would arrive in Tokyo on July 13.

Earthquakes in the Santander Department of Colombia kill more than 200 people, with the towns of Cucutilla and Arboledas hit the hardest.

In the first propaganda broadcast by an American POW captured by North Korea; a U.S. Army Officer of the 24th Infantry Division makes a 900-word broadcast on Seoul radio. Broadcasts from other officers follow, and behavioral researchers make the first studies of what Edward Hunter would first refer to as "brainwashing."

Bishop Alexei Kim Euihan, a South Korean who had been ordained as a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, is kidnapped and never seen again, bringing a temporary end to the Korean Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Church would not be re-established in Korea until 1994.

Viktor Yanukovych is born. He becomes President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, light rain shwowers; High temperature 82 degrees F, Low temperature 67 degrees F.  Precip.: 0.03 inch.

United KIngdom Food Minister Maurice Webb announces that rationing of soap in the u.K. would end effective September 10, 1950. Since February 9, 1942, households had been permitted only three ounces of soap, per person, per week.

The refugee camp for displaced persons at Bergen, West Germany, closes permanently after the last of its 1,000 DPs depart. The Bergen camp had opened in 1946 on the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Richard Maury dies at age 67 in Cordoba, Argentina. The American-born naturalized Argentine citizen was an engineer who designed the first railway to link Argentina to Chile. He was born on December 18, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Baltimore weather: Rain and breezy, High temperature 83 degrees F, Low temperature 68 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.70 inch.

The International Court of Justice (commonly known as the World Court) rules unanimously that the Class C Mandate exercised by South Africa over South-West Africa (now Namibia), continues to be binding, and that South Africa is not required to turn the former German colony into a United Nations trust territory. On December 17, 1920, the League of Nations had conferred the mandate upon South Africa. All of the mandates had become UN Trust Territories, with the exception of South Africa, which refused to relinquish any control. The matter had been turned over to the World Court in 1949, by a 40–7 vote of the General Assembly. South Africa would finally agree in 1988 to allow the UN to oversee Namibia's transition to independence.

The National League defeats the American League 4–3 in 14 innings in the 17th Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illionois. It is the first midsummer classic to go into extra innings.

Buddy DeSylva dies at age 55 in Los Angeles, California. We was a songwriter, movie producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and was a co-founder of Capitol Records. Some of the songs he wrote or co-wrote are: "April Showers", "The Best Things In Life Are Free", "Button Up Your Overcoat,", "California, Here I Come", "If You Knew Susie", and "You're the Cream In My Coffee." Buddy was born George Gard DeSylva on January 27, 1895, in New York, NY.

Pervez Hoodbvoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist, is born in Karachi, Pakistan.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then afternoon light rain showers and thunder, High temperature 85 degrees F, Low temperature 73 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.08 inch.

The three-day Battle of Chochiwon ends with North Korean victory.

Television broadcasting begins again in Germany for the first time since before World War II, as the company Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR) begins transmission. Broadcasts every two days will begin in November 1950, and daily broadcasts will start on December 25, 1952.

Canada sends its first military forces to aid in the Korean War, placing the Royal Canadian Navy destroyers HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Athabascan and HMCS Sioux under UN command.

The South Korean government, temporarily relocated from Seoul to Taejon, enters the "Taejon Agreement" with the United States, giving U.S. military courts exclusive jurisdiction over American personnel in criminal and civil matters.

The Roman Catholic church in Communist East Germany is placed under the administration of the Berliner Ordinarienkonferenz (BOK), which will exist until 1976.

Casino gambling is revived in Austria for the first time since its conquest by Germany in 1938, with the casino at the resort town of Bad Gastein being first to reopen.

Eric Carr is born in Brooklyn, New York, NY. He becomes a drummer for the rock band KISS.

Elsie de Wolfe, also known as Lady Mendl, dies at age 84 in Versailles, France. She was an American socialite and interior decorator, and author of the 1913 book on interior design, The House in Good Taste. She was born on December 20, 1865, in New York, NY.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, light rain shower; High temperature 83 degrees F, Low temperature 73 degrees F;  Precip.: Trace.

General Walton H. Walker is named as the commander of United States ground forces in South Korea. He would be killed in a motor vehicle accident less than six months later.

The People's Republic of China creates the Northeast Border Defense Army, dispatching four regiments to its border with North Korea.

West Germany becomes the 14th member state of the Council of Europe.

Ma Ying-jeou is born in Kowloon, British Hong Kong. He serves as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2008 to 2016.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then a late-afternoon thundershower with strong winds, High temperature 88 degrees F, Low temperature 73 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.18 inch.

The Battle of Taejon begins as forces of the U.S. Army attempt to defend the headquarters of the 24th Infantry Division.

Christian evangelist Billy Graham  prays in the White House with U.S. President Harry Truman, the first of many meetings that Graham would have with American presidents. Graham would meet with every American president over the next 60 years.

South Korea's President Syngman Rhee signs the "Letter in Regard to Transfer of Operational Authority," transferring command of the Republic of Korea armed forces directly to the command of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.

Brigadier General William L. Roberts, in charge of the U.S. mission in South Korea before the war, tells reporters in Los Angeles that heavy military equipment had not been provided to South Korea prior to the outbreak of war, because of fears that South Korea had wanted to start a war with North Korea.

Romania becomes the second Communist nation to be sent broadcasts from Radio Free Europe.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy; a light rain shower; High temperature 82 degrees F, Low temperature 71 degrees F;  Precip.: Trace.

Nazim Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet and novelist who had been imprisoned since January 17, 1938, on charges of "provoking military personnel to rebel against their superiors," is released after receiving a pardon from the new Turkish government.

"Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole is the #1 single record on the Billboard Best Sellers In Stores chart.

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer dies at age 28 in Bordeaux, France. He was a German World War II flying ace and four-time winner of the Knight's Cross, who had 121 victories at night. He died two days after a truck collided with his car and spilled its cargo on top of him, "breaking almost every bone in his body." He was born on February 16, 1922, in Calw, Germany.

Baltimore weather: Rain in the morning and early afternoon, then cloudy, High temperature 73 degrees F, Low temperature 66 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.99 inch.

Uruguay wins the 1950 World Cup soccer tournament, beating Brazil 2–1 to win the first world soccer championship played since 1938. A crowd of 210,000 is present at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro as the heavily favored home team played the final match of a round robin tournament involving Brazil, Uruguay, Sweden and Spain. As it turned out, the last game on the schedule pitted Uruguay (with one loss and one tie) against Brazil (with two wins). Brazil would take the Cup with either a win or a tie, and the score was 0–0 at halftime. Brazil went ahead 1–0 in the 47th minute with a goal by Albino Friaça, and Uruguay's Juan Alberto Schiaffino tied the score at 1–1 in the 66th minute. "But then, with eleven minutes to go, the unthinkable happened," an author would write later, when Alcides Ghiggia scored the winning goal, and Brazil was unable to respond.

Secretary-General S.A. Dange and ten other officials of the Communist Party of India are released from prison after having been incarcerated for more than two years, while 38 other Communists are given a reprieve from a detention order.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then late-evening light rain with thunder, High temperature 85 degrees F, Low temperature 72 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.03 inch.

The U.S. House of Representatives defeats a bill for a constitutional amendment that would have abolished the Electoral College, after the U.S. Senate had overwhelmingly (64-27) approved the measure on February 1. The vote on the Lodge-Gossett resolution was 134 for, 210 against.

Julius Rosenberg, 32, is arrested at his 11th floor Manhattan (New York, NY) apartment on 10 Monroe Street, while the family is listening to The Lone Ranger on the radio. Rosenberg had been fired in 1945 as civilian inspector for the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and had been identified by his brother-in-law, David Greenglass, as a spy. Ethel Rosenberg, the wife of Julius and also David's sister, would be arrested on August 11. On March 21, 1951, the Rosenbergs would be convicted of espionage; both would be executed in the electric chair on June 19, 1953. Although there was doubt about their guilt, former Soviet spy Alexander Feklisov would claim, in 1997, having had fifty meetings with Rosenberg.

The city of St. Louis, Missouri, is ordered by a federal judge to desegregate all of its municipal swimming pools within two days, ending the status quo of separate swimming facilities for White people and Black people. In 1949, the city had closed all of its pools for the summer rather than allow Blacks to swim in "Whites only" pools.

Evangeline Booth dies at age 84 in Hartsdale, New York.  She was a British theologian and the first woman General of The Salvation Army (1934-1939), and fourth overall. She was born on December 25, 1865, in Hackney, London, England.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then light rain with thunder in the afternoon, then partly cloudy, High temperature 92 degrees F, Low temperature 71 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.03 inch.

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, publishes The Race Question, authored by eight scientists led by Professor Ashley Montagu. The statement begins with the words, "Scientists have reached general agreement in recognising that mankind is one: that all men belong to the same species, Homo sapiens."

Major General William F. Dean of the U.S. Army is separated from his unit after North Korean troops overrun the city of Taejon. Dean would spend the next 36 days eluding North Korean patrols and trying to make his way back to friendly territory, until he is betrayed to the enemy on August 25 by a South Korean civilian. As a Major General, Dean would be the North Koreans' most important prisoner of war, and finally be released on September 4, 1953.

Richard Branson is born in London, England. He becomes an English billionaire businessman and founder of the Virgin Group conglomerate.

Jack Layton is born John Gilbert Layton in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He becomes a Canadian politician and leads the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011 and also was Leader of the Opposition in 2011. He died at age 61 on August 22, 2011, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Glenn Hughes is born in the Bronx, New York, NY. He became a bass singer in the disco group Village People from 1977 to 1996, and was the original "Leatherman" character in the group. He died at age 50 on March 4, 2001, in Manhattan, New York, NY.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy with an early afternoon light rain shower, then partly cloudy and breezy, High temperature 90 degrees F, Low temperature 72 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.04 inch.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. District Judge J. Skelly Wright issues an injunction prohibiting Washington Parish, Louisiana from any further rejection of African American citizens from registering to vote. On July 28, William Bailey, who brought the federal lawsuit after being denied since 1946, would become the first Black registered voter in the parish in the 20th Century. About fifty other Black persons register later that day at the courthouse in Bogalusa.

Ben Carlin and his wife, Elinore Carlin, set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the Half-Safe, an amphibious jeep, in an effort to become the first persons to drive around the world. Mrs. Carlin would abandon the journey after several years because of seasickness, and Mr. Carlin, after long stops along the way, would complete his journey on May 13, 1958, nearly eight years after starting. He had driven 39,000 miles on land, and traversed 9,600 miles on the ocean.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy; a light rain shower, High temperature 85 degrees F, Low temperature 68 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

The U.S. Senate voted 45-37 to accept a report by the Tydings Committee (chaired by U.S. Senator Millard Tydings). The report denounces accusations of Communist infiltration in the federal government, made by U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. The vote followed party lines, with all Democrats in favor, and all Republicans against.  During the debate on the bill, Senator Tydings of Maryland said of McCarthy's charges, "What a farce this has been. What a hoax, what fraud, what deceit for a senator from Wisconsin to go to West Virginia and state there are 205 card-carrying Communists in the State Department... and then overnight to reduce the number to 57 and then come back to the Senate and make the same speech, paragraph by paragraph, with that one paragraph changed."

The South Korean city of Taejon fell to the North Korean invasion, leaving the area south of the Naktong River as the only part of the peninsula not under Communist control.

The Battle of Sangju begins in the village of Sangju in southern South Korea, early in the Korean War. It ends on July 31, 1950 in a victory for the North Korean forces after they were able to push troops of the United States and South Korea out of the area.

Bill Schroeder is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was one of the four American college students killed in the Kent State University (in Ohio) shootings on May 4, 1970.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy with light rain, then partly cloudy, High temperature 89 degrees F, Low temperature 70 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.02 inch.

The Battle of Taejon ends in a tactical North Korean victory but a strategic U.S. victory as the 24th Infantry Division is able to delay the North Koreans long enough for other American divisions to establish a defensive perimeter around Pusan farther south.

The 24th U.S. Army Infantry, composed primarily of African-American soldiers, accomplishes the first American victory in the Korean War, recapturing the Yecheon railway center from North Korean invaders.

The University of California Board of Regents reverses its decision to fire 39 professors who had refused to sign a loyalty oath disavowing Communism. The vote is 10–9, with California Governor Earl Warren breaking the tie. Another 85 employees remain dismissed. One of the regents, John Francis Neylan, would change his vote, then move for a reconsideration in August 1950, when the decision is reversed again, 12-10. One of the 39 people terminated is UCLA physics professor David S. Saxon, who would be reinstated in 1952 and later become the President of UC-Berke

Bolivia becomes the first of the United Nations' 52 members to offer troops to support the UN commitment to defend South Korea, sending 30 regular army officers to be commanded by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.

Rex Ingram dies at age 58 in North Hollywood, California. He was an Irish-born film director, producer, writer and actor who emigrated to the U.S. in 1911. He was born on January 15, 1892 in Dublin, Ireland.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, High temperature 80 degrees F, Low temperature 64 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

King Leopold III of Belgium returns home for the first time since surrendering the nation to Nazi German invaders ten years earlier. Arriving with Prime Minister Jean Duvieusart at the Haren military airport, Leopold addresses the nation by radio later in the day, while opposition members of Parliament demand that he abdicate in favor of his son, Crown Prince Baudouin. On August 11, King Leopold would turn his powers over to Baudoin, and would abdicate on July 16, 1951.

Communist China's Navy first began the shelling of the small island of Quemoy, under the control of the Nationalist Chinese.

William Lyon Mackenzie King dies at age 75 in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He was three-time Prime Minister of Canada between 1921 and 1948. He was born on December 17, 1874 in Berlin, Ontario, Canada.

Baltimore weather: Clear, High temperature 82 degrees F, Low temperature 64 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

The first scheduled flight into Friendship International Airport (now Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) lands at one minute after midnight. It is a DC-3 flown by Eastern Airlines. Seven minutes later, this same plane becomes the first regularly-scheduled flight to leave Friendship Airport. Three hundred people come to see the first flight arrive at and depart the airport.

The Government Administrative Council of the People's Republic of China, along with the Supreme People's Court, issues the "Directive on the Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries" to ferret out persons opposed to Communism.

The Battle of Hwanggan begins in the Korean War on a road north of the village of Hwanggan in southern South Korea. The battle ends on July 29, 1950 in a victory for the North Koreans after U.S. troops are forced to withdraw south.

The Gene Autry Show premieres on CBS television, and would run for six seasons, until August 7, 1956.

The S.S. Eagle, an old steamer that was chartered in 1944-1945 for the secret British Antarctic expedition Operation Tabarin, is intentionally sunk outside of The Narrows, St. John's in Newfoundland, Canada.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy to partly cloudy, High temperature 81 degrees F, Low temperature 60 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

Cape Canaveral in Florida is used for the first time to launch a rocket. The U.S. Army sends the two-stage Bumper 8, which combines a German V-2 rocket and an American WAC Corporal rocket, to an altitude of 51,000 feet (16,000 m) in 83 seconds, then explodes it by remote control when it descends to 20,000 feet  57 seconds later.

Sadamichi Hirasawa is sentenced to death by a Japanese court after being convicted of the murder of 12 people by using poison to rob a bank. On January 26, 1948, Hirazawa had walked into a bank in Tokyo, claimed to be a health officer, and ordered 16 people to drink "medicine" to combat an epidemic, then robbed the bank of 164,400 yen-- $456 at the time. Hirasawa would remain on death row for the rest of his life as appeals were filed, dying in Hachioji Prison, at the age of 95, on May 10, 1987.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy with light rain, then partly cloudy, High temperature 79 degrees F, Low temperature 66 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.02 inch.

The Battle of Yongdong ends in North Korean victory after three days, although American artillery delay North Korean forces for several crucial days.

At a meeting at Daegu, South Korea, between U.S. Army and South Korean Army officials, a joint plan is made for dealing with the problem of South Korean refugees being infiltrated by North Korean soldiers. Six policies are implemented immediately, with the first one being "Leaflet drops will be made north of U.S. lines banning the people not to proceed south, that they risk being fired upon if they do so. If refugees do appear from north of U.S. lines they will receive warning shots, and if they then persist in advancing they will be shot." A secret letter, sent the next day from John H. Muccio, the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, to Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk described the policy. The policy would be carried out the next day at No Gun Ri, South Korea. The existence of the letter would not become public until 2006, when historian Sahr Conway-Lanz discovered it in declassified documents in the National Archives.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temperature 87 degrees F, Low temperature 68 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

The No Gun Ri Massacre is committed by American soldiers of the First Cavalry Division, of the U.S. Army's Seventh Cavalry Regiment, with the killing of as many as 300 South Korean civilians who had had the misfortune of encountering American forces the day after an order went out authorizing the shooting of refugees. On the first day, American airplanes strafe a group of children, women, and men who had been resting. When the survivors hide in a culvert, the U.S. soldiers kill them over the next two days. The rest of the world would not learn of the massacre for nearly fifty years. On September 30, 1999, Associated Press reporters Sang-hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley and Martha Mendoza would publish the results of their investigation.

U.S. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, who had represented the Sooner State for the last 28 years, and was Chairman of the Senate Agricultural Committee, was declared the loser of a runoff election between him and U.S. Representative Mike Monroney.

Susan George is born in Surbiton, Surrey, England. She becomes a film and TV actress. She is best known for her appearances in the films Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) with Peter Fonda, and Mandingo (1975) with Ken Norton.

Guido Deiro dies at age 63. He was an Italian vaudeville performer and songwriter. He was born on September 1, 1886, near Turin, Italy.

Baltimore weather: Rain, cloudy to partly cloudy, High temperature 77 degrees F, Low temperature 61 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.10 inch.

The Hadong Ambush occurs in the South Korean village of Hadong. North Korean forces successfully ambush U.S. troops and inflict heavy casualties.

U.S. President Harry Truman denies publicly that he is considering using the atomic bomb in Korea.

Simon Jones is born in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England. He becomes an actor. He portrayed Arthur Dent in the TV (1981) and radio (1978) adaptations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temperature 87 degrees F, Low temperature 59 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

William Bailey becomes the first Black registered voter in Washington Parish, Louisiana, in the 20th Century. About fifty other Black persons register to vote later this day at the parish courthouse in Bogalusa, Louisiana.

Japan's Red Scare sees the firing of 180 newspaper employees suspected of being Japanese Communist Party members or sympathizers, while NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, barred more than 100 of its employees from entering its facilities, on instructions of Major Edgar L. Tidwell, the radio officer of the United States Eighth Army.

The Mulago Hospital Massacre occurs at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. After visiting his dying son at the hospital, 55-year old Lazaro Obwara runs down the ward with a knife, stabbing a woman and eleven children, all of whom die.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm; High temperature 90 degrees F, Low temperature 62 degrees F;  Precip.: 0.51 inch.

In Bentonville, Arkansas, entrepreneur Sam Walton opens his first "self service" department store, "Walton's 5¢-10¢", after seeing the new concept in Minnesota, with customers picking their purchases off of open shelves rather than having them brought by a department clerk. From Bentonville, Walton would build a chain of 15 stores and then would create the Walmart chain on July 2, 1962. His company would have 1,960 stores at the time of his death in 1992, and more than 10,000 stores worldwide by 2013.

The Battle of Hwanggan ends in North Korean victory.

Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film, Treasure Island, makes its U.S. debut.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temperature 88 degrees F, Low temperature 64 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson persuades U.S.  President Harry Truman to transfer ten nuclear-ready B-29 bombers from the Strategic Air Command task force to Guam, along with partially assembled atomic bombs that contained "everything but the fissionable cores."

In Belgium, four workers striking over the "Royal Question" (King Leopold III's return to Belgium) are shot dead by the Gendarmerie at Grâce-Berleur near Liège.

Guilhermina Suggia dies at age 65 in Porto, Portugal, the city of her birth. She was a Portuguese cellist. She was born on June 27, 1885.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temperature 92 degrees F, Low temperature 66 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

A group of 80,000 protesters from Belgium's Hainaut province begin marching toward the royal palace at Laeken, near Brussels, to demand the abdication of King Leopold III, who had returned from exile only nine days earlier. The protesters are strikers from Haine-St.-Pierre (25,000), La Louviere (25,000) and Charleroi (30,000). Leopold announces later in the day that he will give up the throne to his son Prince Baudouin, in order to avert a civil war between the Dutch-speaking Flemings, who support him, and the French-speaking Walloons, who oppose him.

The Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship is signed in Kathmandu, Nepal, by the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Indian ambassador Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh.

The Battle of Sangju ends in North Korean victory.

At 1:00 local time (1700 hours UTC), a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster 965 from 405 Squadron Greenwood crashes during the establishment of the Joint Arctic Weather Station (JAWS) at Alert, Canada, when the parachute for resupplies being airdropped becomes entangled on the tail of the aircraft. All 9 crew members are killed.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temperature 94 degrees F, Low temperature 67 degrees F;  Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for July 1950 is 3.54 inches, below the normal amount of 4.48 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during July 1950 is 85.1 degrees F, below the normal of 88.8 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during July 1950 is 67.7 degrees F, equal to the normal of 67.7 degrees.

Baltimore weather: Light rain with thunder; High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 74° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain with thunder; High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 72° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm; High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: 0.23 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 87° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain with thunder; High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: None.

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 54 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any August 13th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: None.

Hank Thompson of the New York Giants hits two inside-the-park home runs as the Giants defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 16-7 at the Polo Grounds.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 87° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm with heavy rain; High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: 2.01 inches.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: 0.06 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain with thunder; High temp. 93° F; Low temp. 72° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for August 1950 is 2.68 inches, below the normal amount of 4.09 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during August 1950 is 84.3 degrees F, below the normal of 86.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during August 1950 is 63.8 degrees F, below the normal of 65.8 degrees.

Hurricane Dog passes through the Lesser Antilles with winds of 130 mph. It is considered among the worst hurricanes in the history of Antigua, where thousands are left homeless. Damage is estimated at $1 million (1950 USD, $10.8 million 2021 USD), and there are two deaths from drowning in the region.

Baltimore weather: Thundershower; High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 73° F; Precip.: 0.12 inch.

Baltimore weather: Thundershower; High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 72° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch.

Baltimore weather: Thundershower; High temp. 87° F; Low temp. 73° F; Precip.: 0.19 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore receives 1.35 inches of precipitation, the greatest amount for Baltimore on any September 9th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This precipitation is the result of Hurricane Dog, centered off the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Hurricane Dog kills five people in the Mid-Atlantic states, even though its center is 200 miles off the coast.

Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 1.35 inches.

Hurricane Dog kills 12 people in New England, and produces a total of $2 million (1950 USD, $21.5 million 2021 USD) of property damage. Twelve others die in two shipwrecks off the coast of Canada.

Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: 2.33 inches.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 0.22 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: 0.28 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None.

The former Hurricane Dog, now a strong extratropical cyclone, hits the coast of Scotland with hurricane-force wind gusts.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: 0.21 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: 0.65 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.36 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 54° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: Trace.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for September 1950 is 5.93 inches, above the normal amount of 4.44 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during September 1950 is 72.9 degrees F, well below the normal of 79.7 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during September 1950 is 57.0 degrees F, below the normal of 58.8 degrees.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: None.

The first "Peanuts" comic strip is published, syndicated to seven newspapers: Minneapolis Tribune (the hometown newspaper of "Peanuts" author Charles M. Schulz); The Washington Post; Chicago Tribune; The Denver Post; The Seattle Times; Evening Chronicle (in Allentown, Pa.); and Globe-Times (in Bethlehem, Pa.).

Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: 0.46 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: 0.41 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: Trace.

The Federal Communications Commission formally approves the CBS system/method of color TV broadcasting as the U.S. color TV broadcasting standard.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None.

Tom Petty is born Thomas Earl Petty in Gainesville, Florida. He was a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He died at age 66 on October 2, 2017, in Santa Monica, California.

William Russ is born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He becomes an actor and television director. He played Alan Matthews on the sitcom "Boy Meets World" and appeared in the television series "Wiseguy," the soap operas "Another World" and "The Young and the Restless" and the feature films "The Right Stuff," "Pastime" and "American History X."

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then clearing; a light rain shower; breezy in the afternoon to early evening; High temp. 74 F, Low temp. 54 F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: 0.28 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: 1.34 inches.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 47° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: 0.09 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for October 1950 is 2.67 inches, below the normal amount of 3.94 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during October 1950 is 68.9 degrees F, above the normal of 68.3 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during October 1950 is 48.8 degrees F, above the normal of 46.5 degrees.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 86 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any November 1st (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 84 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any November 2nd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Liht rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: 0.06 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 47° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: None.

Snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station (at Friendship Airport) for the first time this snow season.

Baltimore weather: Light rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: 0.03 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: None.

Beginning on this date, CBS begins a limited schedule of color TV broadcasts from its New York station WCBS-TV Mondays to Saturdays, making ten color TV receivers available for the viewing public. All are broadcast using the single color camera that CBS owns.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 25° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: 0.33 inch.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Light rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; temp. 56° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch.

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 18 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any November 25th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Snow (0.5") and rain (heavy at times); High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 18° F; Precip.: 1.51 inches (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 15 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any November 26th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 30° F; Low temp. 15° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 23° F; Precip.: None.  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: None.

Billy Burch dies at age 50 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an ice hockey player and the first American to be named Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League. He was born on November 20, 1900 in Yonkers, New York.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for November 1950 is 1.97 inches, including melted snow and ice, below the normal amount of 3.13 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during November 1950 is 56.7 degrees F, below the normal of 57.3 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during November 1950 is 35.6 degrees F, below the normal of 36.5 degrees. A total of 0.5 of an inch of snow falls in Baltimore during November 1950, above the normal amount of 0.1 of an inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Baltimore receives 1.69 inches of precipitation, the most in Baltimore on any December 4th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times) and a trace of snow; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 1.69 inches (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: 0.94 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: None.

Friendship International Airport (renamed Baltimore-Washington International Airport in 1973) gets 2.4 inches of snow, the greatest snowfall in one day at the airport in 1950.

Baltimore weather: Snow (2.4 inches); High temp. 39° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.24 inch (liquid).  One inch of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 36° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.11 inch (liquid).  One inch of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: None.  A trace of snow on the ground.

The New York color TV broadcasts originated by CBS in New York, NY, are extended by coaxial cable to Philadelphia's WCAU-TV, making this the first color TV network connection.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 36° F; Low temp. 20° F; Precip.: None.  A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 23° F; Precip.: None.  A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 45° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: 0.36 inch.  A trace of snow on the ground.

U.S. President Harry S Truman proclaims a national state of emergency to fight "world conquest by Communist imperialism."

Baltimore weather: High temp. 37° F; Low temp. 23° F; Precip.: None.  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 23° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 18° F; Precip.: None.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named commander of the military forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Baltimore weather: High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 18° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 13° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 34° F; Low temp. 18° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Snow (0.1"); High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 45° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None.  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 33° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 28° F; Low temp. 18° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 26° F; Low temp. 11° F; Precip.: None.

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 10 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any December 28th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Light freezing rain; High temp. 31° F; Low temp. 10° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather: Rain and freezing rain; High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: 0.34 inch (liquid).

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: Trace.

Ventriloquist Señor Wences makes the first of his many appearances on "Toast of the Town" -- later renamed "The Ed Sullivan Show" -- on the CBS television network.

There's a very strong economic boom in the U.S., lasting the entire year. During 1950, the Gross Domestic Product rises about 13 percent, the best of any single year during the entire 1950s.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy; High temp. 43 degrees F, low temp. 29 degrees F; Precip.: None.

Total precipitation for Baltimore during December 1950 is 3.74 inches (liquid), including melted ice and snow.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for December 1950 is 3.74 inches, including melted snow and ice, above the normal amount of 3.71 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during December 1950 is 40.8 degrees F, well below the normal of 47.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during December 1950 is 25.9 degrees F, below the normal of 29.6 degrees. A total of 2.5 inches of snow falls in Baltimore during December 1950, equal to the normal amount of 2.5 inches.

Total precipitation for Baltimore in 1950 is 40.85 inches, or 1.75 inches below the normal amount of 42.60 inches.